Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy in the Control of COVID-19

Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT), using well known, safe and cost-effective photosensitizers, such as phenothiazines, e.g., methylene blue (MB), or porphyrins, e.g., protoporphyrin-IX (PP-IX), might help to mitigate the COVID-19 either to prevent infections or to develop photoactive fabrics...

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Autores principales: Almeida, Adelaide, Faustino, M. Amparo F., Neves, Maria G. P. M. S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
Materias:
Opinion
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7344747/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32545171
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9060320
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Sumario:Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT), using well known, safe and cost-effective photosensitizers, such as phenothiazines, e.g., methylene blue (MB), or porphyrins, e.g., protoporphyrin-IX (PP-IX), might help to mitigate the COVID-19 either to prevent infections or to develop photoactive fabrics (e.g., masks, suits, gloves) to disinfect surfaces, air and wastewater, under artificial light and/or natural sunlight.

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